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U.S. v. SANCHEZ-ESCARENO

Nos. 90-2577, 90-2613 and 90-2614.

950 F.2d 193 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Maximiliano SANCHEZ-ESCARENO, Adolpho Ayala Sanchez and David Garcia Lopez, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 19, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathlyn Felton, Atty., Appellate Section, Crim. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Paula C. Offenhauser, Asst. U.S. Atty., Henry K. Oncken, U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jose I. Gonzalez-Falla, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Roland Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, Thomas S. Berg, Daniel H. Wassamaker, Asst. Federal Public Defenders, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before POLITZ and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges, and WINGATE, District Judge.

WINGATE, District Judge:

The government here appeals the district court's dismissal of various criminal charges against the appellees on the ground of double jeopardy. Prior to the return of criminal indictments against the appellees, United States Customs officials had arrested appellees and assessed large civil fines against them for possessing marijuana and attempting to import same into the United States from Mexico. The assessed civil fines addressed the same...

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